XXV, 822 pages 24 cm

"First published in Paris in 1949, The Second Sex by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risqué book that became a runaway success. Selling 20,000 copies in its first week, the book earned its author both notoriety and admiration. Since then, The Second Sex has been translated into forty languages and has become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes, the central messages of The Second Sex are as important today as they were for the housewives of the forties."--Publisher's description

This ed. originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2009

Includes bibliographical references and index

Facts and myths. Destiny. Biological data -- Psychoanalytical point of view -- Point of view of historical materialism -- History -- Myths. Montherlant or the bread of disgust -- D.H. Lawrence or phallic pride -- Claudel or the handmaiden of the Lord -- Breton or poetry -- Stendhal or romancing the real -- Lived experience. Formative years : Childhood -- Girl -- Sexual initiation -- Lesbian -- Situation. Married woman -- Mother -- Social life -- Prostitutes and hetaeras -- From maturity to old age -- Woman's situation and character -- Justifications. Narcissist -- Woman in love -- Mystic -- Toward liberation. Independent woman

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